Stracciatella Tortoni Cake With Espresso Fudge Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

  • For crust:
  • 2/3 cup finely ground amaretti (Italian almond macaroons; about 17; use a food processor)
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds with skin, toasted, cooled, and finely ground (in processor)
  • 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • For tortoni filling:
  • 3 large egg whites, at room temperature 30 minutes
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 1/4 cups chilled heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp Disaronno Amaretto or other almond-flavored liqueur
  • 3 1/2 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (no more than 60% cacao if marked), shaved with a vegetable peeler
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds with skin, toasted and cooled
  • For sauce:
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 3 Tbsp light corn syrup
  • 3 Tbsp packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp instant-espresso powder
  • 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 1/2 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (no more than 60% cacao if marked), finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Description

You'll Turn Up Your Nose At Plain Old Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Once You Try This Cool, Stracciatella-flavored Concoction—stracciatella Being A Vanilla-flavored Cream With Thin Ribbons Or Chips Of Chocolate (which Melt On The Tongue) Running Through It.

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